Two weeks FDP on "Emerging Trends in Computer Science & IT" was organized by Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi from 13^th to 24^th May 2019, in collaboration with IEEE Computer Society (Delhi Section) & IIPC (AICTE) of BVICAM, CSI Delhi Chapter, ISTE  Delhi Section and AICTE. The objective of this FDP was to promote awareness on emerging research trends in the domain of IT and to foster the level of technical teaching and research aptitude of the young research scholars and faculty members doing research. FDP covered two days workshop also on Outcome Based Education and Accreditation Process with the objective to promote awareness of Outcome Based Education and introducing audience with the process of Accreditation and its benefits to Institution and its stakeholders

The two weeks FDP programme was conducted in 20 interesting and knowledge imparting sessions touching broad segments of Computer Science and Information technology. FDP covered various domains with different technical sessions on Research Methodology by Dr. Nimit Gupta – FIIB, Nature Inspired Optimization by Dr. Ankur Chaudhary – Amity University, Noida, Rough Set Theory & Data Mining by Dr. Rajni Jain – ICAR-NIAP, N. Delhi,  Multi Criteria Decision Making by Fuzzy TOPSIS  by Dr. Rekha Gupta – LBSIM, New Delhi, Optical and Wireless Communication by Dr. Richa Bhatia – AIACT&R, N. Delhi, Campus to Corporate by Mr. Rajeev Jain, Corporate Trainer,  Machine Learning using R Tool, Art of Writing Quality Research Papers, Technical Proposals, PhD Synopsis using Latex by  Dr. P. S. Rana – Thapar University, Patiala,  Ad-hoc Networks using FANET by Dr. Umang Singh – ITS, Ghaziabad, Medical image Processing by Dr. Arun Balodi, NIT, Delhi, Reference Management Tool – Mendeley by Dr. Ritika Wason – BVICAM, New Delhi, Hands-on NS2 by Mr. Manish Kumar, BVICAM along with two days workshop on Outcome based Education and Accreditation Process.

Besides these knowledgable sessions on technical topics two days workshop covered sessions on OBE and Accreditation process. First day of the workshop i.e. 16^th May 2019 witnessed sessions on Outcome Based Education and Transforming traditional course to OBE format from Dr. P. S. Grover, University of Delhi and Dr. Prerna Gaur, NSUT, New Delhi. On the same day, a session based on Accreditation Process was taken by Dr. Anuradha Jain, VIPS, New Delhi where she introduced the audience with both the challenges and benefits of Accreditation. Second day of the workshop i.e. 17^th May 2019 witnessed sessions on NAAC Accreditation and Assessment Framework by Dr. Peeyush Pahade, H. V. Desai Senior College, Pune. The session covered various aspects of NAAC Accreditation such as assessment of various processes of Institution, reports preparation, roles of IQAC coordinator, how policies are designed and formulated, how academic calendars are planned etc. In his session, Dr. Peeyush also emphasized on Quality assurance and how to maintain quality system in the Institution.

The program was well attended by various participants from premier Institutes like Delhi Technological University, Delhi, St. Stephen’s College, Ambedkar Institute of Advanced Communication Technology and Research, JIMS, Delhi School of Business, JSS Academy of Technical Education, Banarsidas Chandiwala Institute, Gurukul Kangri University, Haridwar,Bharti Vidyapeeth's College Of Engineering, N. Delhi etc.

Last day of the FDP witnessed Valedictory Session in the presence of Prof. Yudhi Ahuja, Prof. P. K. Gupta, Secretary General, NAFEN, N. Delhi and Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director BVICAM. Session begin with welcome address by Prof. M .N. Hoda in which he addressed the changing roles of teachers in this era of technology where students have different expectations than earlier. Prof. Yudhi enlightened the audience with the role of such FDPs in teaching learning process. Prof P. K. Gupta also gave his views on R&D projects through his presentation entitled “Developing indicators for measuring success of R&D projects”. He discussed types of scientific researches such as Applied and Basic research. After the enlightening talks certificates were distributed to all the participants. Dr. Vishal Jain, Associate Professor, BVICAM, co-ordinated the entire FDP program. Dr. Ritika Wason, Associate Professor, BVICAM expressed her vote of thanks to all the attendees and organizer and promising to meet again soon with a handful of new knowledge imparting topics.